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Taylor Hall - out two to four weeks with his shoulder injury per TSN. Paajarvi has a few games to show his stuff
Updated the Elliott/Wilson note below. Stefan Elliott's hot start reminds me of Shattenkirk's from a year ago.
Footage of the Tootoo dive below. Shameless! The Tennessean floated the concept of the "Tootoo hat trick". That is a goal, an assist and a diving penalty.
Blake Geoffrion will be out "for awhile". He left the game last night and was later seen with his arm in a sling.
My THN column yesterday on Ryan Smyth and Kyle Turris. And yesterday's Puck Daddy is here.
Max Pacioretty gets three games for his hit on Letang. He had been playing with Desharnais and Cole, so this obviously forces a shake-up. I think they'll keep the Eller line intact (Kostitsyn and Moen) as well as the Cammalleri, Gionta and Plekanec line together. That would point to Louis Leblanc subbing in for him on that line. Yes, Leblanc has been recalled.
Jared Spurgeon continues to roll for the Wild, with five points in his last eight games.
Niklas Backstrom owners are happy to see him bounce back from getting pulled after three goals on eight shots Sunday. He stopped 32 of 33 for the win Monday.
Cal Clutterbuck has eight points in his last nine games. After 34 points last year, I can see him crossing the 40 threshold this time around. He's also a good PIM play, especially this campaign.
So Tampa, how's the 1-3-1 system working out for you? Seems like a good, solid system.
Weird seeing Ryan Wilson getting more PP time than either Kyle Quincey or Stefan Elliott. But then I looked at his points and saw that he has 13. Boy that one snuck up on me. Meanwhile, Elliott was pointless in his second NHL game, but saw 2:42 in PP time. Update: Wilson's assist last night was later given to Elliott - well done Elliott! Points in each of his first two games. Reminds me of Shattenkirk's start last season.
Andrew Raycroft passes his first test – just one goal allowed on 36 shots. Richard Bachman will have to wait a little while longer. The word on Kari Lehtonen – three weeks.
Semyon Varlamov has given up two goals in each of his last three games – but has just one win to show for it. He's finding his confidence, his team isn't scoring.
In the last four games, Jordin Tootoo has five points, four PIM and 16 shots on goal. Obviously he's not there for his offense, but it's a nice bonus for those who have him for PIM.
As expected, Magnus Paajarvi got a bump in his ice time with Taylor Hall sidelined. His 15:12 was the most he has seen since October 15. Nothing to show for it. Maybe he was in shock.
Chris Pronger is out for the next month after knee surgery. This news comes a few days after he has been missing games with a "virus". Remember that? Now you tell me – do you believe the injury news that you hear? I'm telling ya, it's getting more difficult with each passing year to get the straight goods.
It's that time of year again folks – click here to check out Canada's invitees to Canada's junior team selection camp. Bob McKenzie also speculates on Brett Connolly, Devante Smith-Pelly and Erik Gudbranson being released from their NHL clubs for the tourney.
Buffalo lines in practice: Hecht with Pominville and Vanek, Roy with Gerbe and Kassian, Adam with Stafford and Leino (and Ennis subbed in for Stafford at times – he's getting close). Good to see Kassian still around and on that line.
Ryan Miller was back in practice as well. Sounds like Enroth is safe for two or three more games yet though.
The Flyers have recalled Brayden Schenn and they placed Andreas Nodl on waivers. Nodl is not a checker, but there was never any room in the top six – only a lineup of more qualified players to play there. On a different team, who knows?
"There is a chance" that Jaromir Jagr is back in the lineup Friday. James van Riemsdyk is a "longshot" to play this weekend.
The Panthers have sent Jacob Markstrom and Michal Repik down to the minors. Scotty Clemmensen is back.
"Hey guys, remember me?" I'm sure Jan Mursak didn't say that, but when I saw this article that was what I was thinking. Targeting a mid-December return to the Red Wings.
Kris Letang missed the start of practice as a doctor looked at his facial injuries, but joined the team later and seemed fine.
While Kyle Palmieri scores 12 times in 13 AHL games, his parent club the Ducks continue to struggle to score. The Ducks sent McMillan to the minors Monday, but haven't recalled anyone yet.
Scott Parse is out for the season. Again. D'oh!
Dobber Nation is a little late, but I expect to have it up Wednesday or Thursday.
DobberBaseball Fantasy Prospects Report is now out. Be sure to drop by the site and pick that up if you're in a baseball keeper league. Also, the FORUM over there has had an injection of new members so if you're a fantasy baseball fanatic in the summer, give it a look.
OMG Jordin Tootoo was hit by a truck! Oh no, wait. He was given a little shove. His reaction led me to the first conclusion...
HBO 24/7 preview:
Nice goal by the PM, Mr. Bouchard:
Ken Shultz said:
He was sent home for "further evaluation". I'm no expert in Injury Newsese, but "further evaluation" at this point means "concussion" in most languages--am I right?
donions said:
Your comments regarding Letang being vulnerable cause his head was down and therefore Pacioretty should have avoided him; and Letang not being at fault even tho he skated into the trolley tracks, are at the very least, flawed.
That's the absolute worst area in sports to go into at full-speed with your head down, and Letang knows it.
I agree with the suspension, but if they went shoulder to shoulder instead and Letang dislocates it, I would hope all the people poking fun at Pacioretty would recognize it's just a great hockey hit.
B. W. said:
Maximus said:
If you're going to call a dive, call it on the diver and not the guy who gave him a love tap.
Maximus said:
"but he didn't miss much game time"
that has nothing to do with it at all, nor should it. If his shoulder was a half inch either way, he would've crushed Letang's orbital bone and he would be out for a significant amount of time. Either way, it was a dangerous play in my opinion.
The refs in that game were a joke so them not calling that hit a penalty has little to do with it. See the 2nd disallowed goal, see the game winning goal and many other questionable penalty/non-penalty calls throughout.
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steve laidlaw said:
Jocular Hockey Manager said:
Anyone paying the least bit of attention would know that that's a
- Charge
- Boarding
- Fight
Possible substitution of a High stick.
9 minutes in penalties, is 3x as good as 3 goals?
steve laidlaw said:
Maximus said:
"When you watch the hit over a 2 second timespan, and in super slow motion, it looks illegal."
-Why do you think that is? Super slow motion shows the contact directly on Letang's nose, then shoulder and that IS illegal.
"When you watch the entire play, it's a PERFECT hit, with Letang leading with his head as he skates into a dangerzone."
-This is the respect issue that many people talk about when they talk about cheap shots in this league. You see a player leading with his head, you let up or avoid the contact at all. A guy who was at the forefront of the illegal checks debate, you'd think he would think twice about that hit.
"He saw Pac coming, and chose to risk the hit to get the shot off. "
-So what did you expect Letang to do? He is making a play, he was in the process of taking a shot. Did you expect Letang to just drop the puck, leave it for Pacioretty and skate out of the zone? That's a ridiculous comment.
If Matt Cooke hit PK Subban in the exact same position, with PK taking a shot and his nose bleeding all over the ice, how many games would you want? How many of you Habs fans would call for a life-time suspension?
C. Gerlach said:
duducks said:
When you watch the hit over a 2 second timespan, and in super slow motion, it looks illegal. When you watch the entire play, it's a PERFECT hit, with Letang leading with his head as he skates into a dangerzone. He saw Pac coming, and chose to risk the hit to get the shot off.
Lucic can knock a top 3 goalie out for a mont; Gionta can elbow another goalie, whose been gone a month+; no suspensions for NON HOCKEY PLAYS. Pac makes an amazing hit (in size, and in defensive impact) and gets 3 games because the guy was protecting his body with his head.
I liked all of Shanny's pre-season suspensions, but this is another big red X on his test.
Dean Youngblood said:
With Pronger sidelined for a month that puts his return right around the January 1st Winter Classic. Do the Flyers test his surgically repaired knee on that outdoor ice? I am sure he'll want to play but there's an element of more risk there.
Dean Youngblood said:
The raw skills are there with Paajarvi but I am concerned with his ability to finish and capitalize on his opportunities. Hopefully, Paajarvi continues to get looks to see if he can build on his play.
Ross The Boss Palmer said:
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Larry said:
r22yu said:
Meanwhile, Elliott was pointless in his second NHL game, but saw 2:42 in PP time.
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I'm sure you could contact the head of the Alabama National Guard to register your complaint. He used to be a fellow from Clay County, but I think he retired.
One thing. I worked and flew on those airplanes back in the 1960's. Noise abatement is not what they are about. Those four Allison turboprop engines generate a tremenduous amount of energy and noise. If the airplanes are on a low approach to Anniston Airport they will make everything rattle. It's even worse on the other side from you when they go to full throttle on climb out. It's not unusual for them to fly 500 feet above the ground on the final path to the airport.
You might ask someone in Montgomery at the National Guard Headquarters, or better yet, who is your representative? You might ask give him several specific questions and ask for a reply:
1. How long is this (the noise at night) going to last.
2. Are there any regulations about how late at night they can practice approaches to a civilian airport? I think it is usally around 9:30, but obviously they are keeping you guys up later.
I use to live close to the practice area at Pelham Range. They would fire those big artillery pieces up until late at night. I contacted fort McClellan and found they were supposed to stop at 9:30 PM. After that, whenever they would continue firing after 9:30 I would call the Range Control Office at the fort and they would tell them to stop.
Like I said, I love airplanes so it doesn't bother me. (I'm also a little hard of hearing :) ).
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Chaggai, asked Bina, why did
Hashem call the seventh day Shabbos? Doesnt Shabbos mean that He rested? Was Gd tired after He created the world?
Of course not! said Benny indignantly. Hashem is never tired! Besides, He didnt have to do any work. He created the world by speaking. He commanded things to be, and then they were!
Chaggai fluffed up his feathers and thought for a moment.
Shabbos doesnt just mean He rested, Bina; it
means He stopped. As soon as the world was complete, Gd stopped creating. Of course He wasnt tired. Gd doesnt get tired, but
we do! All week long were busy working and doing and making
things. Hashem created Shabbos for us, not for Himself. He gave us one
day when we stop all of our weekday activities and become kings and queens. It is the day when we are completely free to think about Hashem, Who created the world, and to serve Him. And on that day He gives us an extra neshamah
-- an extra soul to help bring us closer to Him and His Torah.
In fact, Shabbos is so important that
it is considered equal to all of the other mitzvos combined. The Torah teaches us that whenever a Jew keeps Shabbos, it is as though he is keeping the entire Torah!
That must be why Shabbos is mentioned in the Torah so many times! said Bina.
Shabbos comes to remind us of two very important things ...
Shabbos is
It reminds us that it was Gd Who
created the World.
Shabbos is also
It reminds us that Gd took us out of
slaveryin the land of Egypt.
In the Book of Shemos the Torah tells us:
Remember the Shabbos day to keep it holy ...
In the Book of Devarim the Torah says:
Observe the Shabbos day to keep it holy ...
Remember it and observe it ...
Whats the difference between Zachor/
Remembering and Shamor/Observing? asked Benny.
Zachor teaches us all of the YES commandments, all
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High Blood Pressure Medication - Dangers Posed by Self-Medication
Blood circulation in the human body is managed by two sets of blood vessels - arteries that carry purified blood from the left side of the heart to the rest of the body and the veins that bring in blood from distant organs back to the right side. The first is known as systemic circulation and the latter is pulmonary circulation.
The right ventricle pumps venous blood from the heart to the arteries of the lungs for oxygenation, which is again pumped by the heart through the systemic circulatory system. Just as high blood pressure (hypertension) is elevation of pressure in the blood vessels of the systemic circulation, pulmonary hypertension is when the pressure in the pulmonary arteries is above normal.
Primary pulmonary hypertension is a rare disease with unknown causes while secondary pulmonary hypertension is a complicated condition caused by pulmonary, cardiac and extra-thoracic conditions. Pulmonary hypertension invariably precedes Cor pulmonale, an enlargement of the right ventricle of the heart. Chronic pulmonary hypertension, if not checked, ultimately leads to failure of the right ventricle.
Pulmonary hypertension can be logically or casually connected to excessive flow in the pulmonary arteries, for example, in left to right shunts due to congenital cardiac anomalies. Pulmonary hypertension occurs when pulmonary blood flow and pressure is more than what the pulmonary vessels can handle. Any condition that obstructs drainage of pulmonary venous blood including blockage by foreign matter or a blood clot can also potentially cause pulmonary hypertension.
Pulmonary venous hypertension
Pulmonary venous hypertension is caused by the failure of the left heart. This can occur due to stenosis or regurgitation of the mitral valve or the aorta. The malfunctioning heart is unable to pump efficiently and the blood does not leave the pulmonary circulation at the appropriate time. This causes abnormally high pressure in the pulmonary veins, which can be carried back to the pulmonary arteries.
Pulmonary arterial hypertension
Pulmonary arterial hypertension is associated with autoimmune diseases like HIV, scleroderma and cirrhosis, sickle cell disease and congenital heart disease. It can also develop due to genetic disorders.
Many high blood pressure medications like diuretics, ACE inhibitors and calcium channel blockers are used in the treatment of pulmonary venous hypertension as well. However, their benefits have not been established with surety. Vasoconstriction has traditionally been related to lifestyles. Therefore, the role natural remedies for high blood pressure play in the treatment of pulmonary hypertension needs to be explored further.
Pulmonary arterial hypertension is best treated with prostaglandins like prostacyclin and its derivatives. Endothelin receptor antagonists, phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors and vasoactive intestinal peptide inhalation are in different stages of clinical trials and some of them are expected to enter the market in 2008. Sildenafil, a selective inhibitor of specific phosphodiesterase was approved for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension in 2005. Surgical procedures involve:
- Creating a connection between the right and left atriums to relieve pressure on the right side. This may cause a condition of hypoxia, reduction of oxygen level in the blood.
- A complicated operation for removing a blood clot.
- Lung transplantation, which cures the condition but is associated with complications associated with transplantation.
Primary pulmonary hypertension is extremely rare and occurs in about two persons per million per year. Prognosis is poor but is expected to improve once the effect of newer drug therapies, overall care and a better lead time (early diagnosis) is clearly established.
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The health ministry has said that Bioline, the rapid test kit for
HIV/AIDS which has been blacklisted by the world health
organization (WHO) for being ineffective, is not used in Uganda.
Bioline, which is manufactured in South Korea, was used by
different countries as a confirmatory test, the second conducted
during standard HIV testing, which uses three tests - an initial
screening test, a confirmatory test and if there is a
discrepancy, a third, tie-breaker test.
But WHO last month removed Bioline from its list of approved
rapid test kits after it failed quality assurance tests.
At the time, over one million kits were in circulation in Kenya,
about one-tenth of all the HIV kits available in the country
then, according to official estimates by the Kenyan government.
The fake kits were also being used in Tanzania among other
countries in the region. "What we know so far is that 1,178 test
kits have been used in the field, but we have yet to substantiate
exactly how many of them were defective," Hadji Mponda,
Tanzania's Health Minister, was quoted as saying at a news
conference on last week.
Although the two governments have since recalled the condemned
kits, there are fears the kits could still be in circulation in
neighbouring countries.
However, the health ministry on Tuesday confirmed it had never
approved Bioline test kits nor have they ever been imported into
Dr. Zainab akol, the manager of the national HIV/AIDS control
programme, said the ministry approved only three brands for
testing HIV in Uganda.
The brands include Ditamine, Statpack, and Unigold. She said some
other brands are used in HIV research and not in public health
service provision.
"We are very tough when it comes to approving equipment used in
testing and treating HIV/AIDS," Akol stated. "The three brands we
approved are accurate and can withstand our conditions including
low refrigeration."
Akol noted that centralizing the purchase and distribution of
medical supplies under the national medical stores (NMS) had also
helped to guard against importation of fake drugs and equipment.
She was, however, dismayed that Bioline, which initially was
among the "most effective rapid testing kits", could later turn
out to be ineffective.
Moses Kamabale the NMS General Manager confirmed that Bioline is
not used Uganda. Regina Ssali, in-charge Kiswa Health Centre, and
a laboratory technician at Case Medicare, a private clinic
prominent in HIV testing and treatment, also said they had never
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – The following metaphor is the exclusive property of Cameron Wake, all rights reserved.
If the Dolphins keep playing the way they did Sunday in completing their first perfect October in 19 years, something tells me we'll be hearing a lot more of it, too.
Especially now that it appears the scary injury to Ryan Tannehill's left leg wasn't as serious as initially feared.
"Keep swinging that ax," Wake, the Dolphins' sack leader, said after a 30-9 demolition of the J-E-T-S. "That's what we do."
For the full month of October, when they went 3-0 including a bye week, the lunchpail Dolphins conducted themselves with all the flair of bashful lumberjacks.
Head down.
Focused on their work.
Not letting themselves be drawn into trash talk or public debates with their many doubters.
"That tree is going to fall eventually if you keep swinging that ax," Wake said after climbing to third in the league with 7.5 sacks. "If you sit down and watch the tree, it's not going to fall. We're trying to make dents. Small, but steady."
In other words, no time to let up now, especially with the Dolphins having climbed back to 4-3 and into a three-way tie for one of two AFC wild cards.
Yeah, I know, the season doesn't end for another nine weeks.
And yeah, I also realize the Dolphins still have two meetings left with the AFC East-leading Patriots, not to mention road trips to San Francisco, Buffalo and, this weekend, Indianapolis and Andrew Luck.
Yet everyone from Dolphins coach Joe Philbin to the last player on the 53-man roster seems to keep growing more comfortable with the idea this momentum could – and should – last.
"I think this shows the NFL what we can do," Dolphins center Mike Pouncey said. "I think we deserve a little bit of respect now that we're winning football games and we've turned things around."
Pouncey, the second-year man out of Florida, even sounded like one of the few Dolphins tempted to take a peek at the league standings through Week 8.
There, stunningly enough, he would find the Dolphins one half game behind the Patriots and locked in a three-way tie (with the Steelers and Colts) for the wild card.
Finish this out, and the Dolphins won't just return to the playoffs for the second time in 11 years. They would put Philbin's renovation plan into overdrive.
"I think we've got the ball rolling in the right direction," safety Reshad Jones said. "We just have to keep it going and not get complacent."
That doesn't seem like much of a danger, not with all those potential free agents on this roster. Then again, the Dolphins also are starting to feel good enough about their chances to talk a little low-grade smack.
Certainly it's nothing comparable to the trash talking several Jets engaged in last week, including cornerback Antonio Cromartie. Still, it's a bit jarring after all these lean years in Davie.
"When teams get to watching film," Jones said, "they're going to know the Dolphins are coming and they're ready to play football. We've just got to keep it going. We've got some big games ahead of us."
That's why several Dolphins, including left guard Richie Incognito, looked at me like I was wearing a Halloween mask when I asked if anyone was sneaking a peek at the standings.
"No," Incognito said. "Not right now. Not one bit. That doesn't matter right now."
Yet those standings could matter a great deal in another two months when the regular season ends at New England. Just the seventh perfect October in franchise history has the Dolphins thinking that way.
How tall is that tree the Dolphins keep whacking at?
"It doesn't matter," Wake said. "Could be 500 feet. You could put in a redwood, and it would still be wonderful. Why not?"
Letting his words linger, he smiled and said them again.
"Why not?"


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For the past three weeks, we have reminisced about some of the famous times that the crooner spent in this area and Lake Tahoe. To recount some of the specific dates in the life of Frank Sinatra, one has only to go to the excellent biographical book that his daughter Nancy published. It is entitled "Frank Sinatra: An American Legend" and is part of a carefully researched diary of the exact dates of the many highs and lows in his life, a family album of pictures that starts with the wedding photo of his father and mother and other traces through Frank's life. His first picture is of a nude baby lying on a rug.
The book is also a complete research tool of his career since it lists all of the songs he ever recorded, all of his films and TV shows as well as dates and places that he appeared in his famous "Summit" live shows from 1976 to 1984.
The final section of the book is entitled "In Memoriam" and lists many of the personal notes of condolences upon his passing. The section starts with a letter from the White House signed by President Bill Clinton. If you are a true Sinatra fan, the book was published by General Publishing Group and may still be available.
Back to Frank in northern Nevada: A year following his hosting of "The Misfits" cast and crew at the Cal-Neva Lodge in 1960, Frank was the senior partner of the Cal-Neva with Hank Sanicola and Sanford Waterman. The minute Frank took over, he immediately started building a new showroom on the Nevada side of the casino. We made several trips to see him during the construction of the room and he noted he had personally sat in every seat in order to check that the sound system was the best that could be purchased (a far cry from the single mic and inadequate speakers in the old showroom at the resort).
One day, while two of us were waiting for Frank to join us in the famous "Circle" bar at the Cal-Neva, we were admiring a glycerine, waterfall-type fountain that had been installed in the center of the back bar. Glancing up at the high ceiling, we noted that a shelf had been put all the way around the room and residing on the shelf were all sorts of stuffed animals (like a miniature Circus Circus display). Both my friend and I exclaimed at almost the same time, "Who the hell would ruin this great room by putting that crap up there?" We both said we would call it to Frank's attention when he showed up.
A few minutes later, in walked the singer and after a drink and some idle chitchat, I was on the verge of mentioning the seemingly inappropriate stuffed animal display. At that very second, Frank looked up and pointed to the shelf and said, "How do you like the animals — that was my idea!" We both quickly assured him that they looked great and congratulated him on his good taste.
When opening night for the new showroom finally arrived, we were fortunate to have a ringside table and the Rat Pack was never better, putting on a show that lasted well past the two-hour mark. There were turnaway crowds all that summer as Frank and his show business pals packed the resort.
Following that first night's show, our party and Frank hooked up in the adjacent show lounge and during the after-show cocktails, Frank leaned over and asked me, in a surprisingly humble voice, "Was I OK tonight?" Everyone assured him he was more than OK and all predicted that the evening's performance would go down in history as the greatest ever staged in Nevada.
It still is.
Unfortunately for Frank, his ownership of the Cal-Neva had a short life for in 1963, he was forced to surrender his Nevada gaming license because of an incident that happened when a couple of Gaming Control investigators were steered away from the counting room of the resort by a friend of Frank's, who was sort of an ex-officio executive at the Cal-Neva. His name was "Skinny" D'Amato, the owner of a once popular nightclub in Atlantic City, the 500 Club, in which it was rumored that gangster Sam Giancana was a partner. With the flap over D'Amato's actions with the gaming agents and rumors to the effect that Giancana had been a guest at the Cal-Neva when visiting his girlfriend, Phyllis Maguire, while she was performing with her sisters; Frank was eventually forced to surrender his gaming license.
The rest of the story on that incident was that the head of the Nevada Gaming Commission in those days was one Ed Olsen. This was the same Ed Olsen who had had his camera smashed by Sinatra at the Reno airport when Frank arrived for his first-ever Nevada nightclub appearance at the Riverside Hotel in Reno in August of 1951. Olsen was quick to put the heat on Frank and in a "what goes around, comes around" scenario took his vengeance on the singer.
When the "Skinny" incident with the gaming agents first started, I was dispatched to the Cal-Neva by a couple of Nevada law officials to interview "Skinny" and get his version of the incident. I arrived at the front desk of the Cal-Neva Lodge and was informed that "Skinny" was in his private cabin, a few hundred yards away from the main building. Knocking at the door of the tiny cabin, I was greeted by a razor-thin individual of medium height, a cigarette dangling from his lips, his black hair combed straight back in his best George Raft imitation style. He was dressed in black slacks, black shoes and socks and a "he man" undershirt.
Once inside the small building, he motioned me to the only chair in the room and he flopped on his bed, still smoking and making sure I saw the small caliber black revolver he had tucked in his waistband.
"OK if I keep the TV on while we are talking?" he enquired.
I nodded alright and glanced up at a 13-inch black-and-white mounted on the wall opposite the foot of the bed. It didn't take long to get his version of what happened with the agents — it was well laced with epithets. When we finished, he asked what I thought of Frank's chances were. I told him I'd report back to the authorities and then call him with their conclusions.
Once the interview had been scanned, both officials advised Frank not to fight for his license. I relayed this information to "Skinny" by phone and was treated to another flood of locker-room language. Fortunately, that was my last contact with him.
As time went by and Frank became relicensed, several of us were invited to his Las Vegas openings as his guests. No one could ever rival his generosity and friendliness on every occasion.
He has been known by many titles but the one that fits him best is, "The greatest entertainer of the twentieth century."
Harry Spencer is a freelance writer in Reno. His column about the past and present of northern Nevada appears weekly in the Tribune.


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SPARKS — The Reed High School Cornerstones class is organizing the Strides 4 Love walk/run on May 20 from 9 to 10 a.m. to benefit the Touch a Life foundation. The event will feature a 5K track which can be completed as an individual or as a caterpillar team. In addition there will be face painting, a silent auction and various prizes for select participants.
To promote this event, the founder of the Touch a Life Foundation, Pam Cope, has agreed to fly in from Texas to speak to students attending Mendive Middle School and Reed High School. Cope has also authored the personal memoir "Jantsen's Gift" and has offered to sign books at the event. Cope also has been a guest on "The Oprah Winfrey Show."
All proceeds raised will be donated to a restricted fund of the Touch a Life Foundation. Founded by Pam and Randy Cope in 1999, the foundation helps liberate children from boat slavery in Africa, Cambodia and Vietnam and provides dedicated, holistic rehabilitation. All proceeds will aid in the construction of a new school focused on art therapy and healing.
Strides 4 Love is an event created by a group of innovative, compassionate, service-minded students enrolled in Reed High's Cornerstones Class. This class focuses on empowering students to use their gifts and skills to make the world a better place. This project is the fruit of their desire to serve and give back to the global community.
For more information, contact Amie Newberry at email@example.com


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Project 'Go Green'
Social Media Club - Assam, on account of Earth Day on 22nd April and World Environment Day on 5th June, is launching a new campaign named "Go Green"
Global Warming, wherever you talk about is affecting our environment/climate in its own way. Climate change needs a change itself and that is possible when we all act responsibly towards the Mother Nature and our earth. So, on these 2 days, let's make out some time from our busy schedules and plant (at-least) a single sapling.
We are doing it locally at our own locality in Assam, India.
The project "Go Green" would be in 3 parts with 4 programs.
1st part/phase on 22nd April on account of Earth Day. (Was a great success)
SMCAssam Joins the Billion - One Billion Rising
SMC Assam Foundation Day
On 20th Dec, 2012, we SMCAssam completed the 1st successful year of team work, integrity and coordination and formation of the chapter.
To mark this 1 year of being into existence, we tried to bring smiles to the faces of the kids of an orphanage home "Jyoti Snehalaya" in Guwahati, Assam.
With an insider contribution from the members, we did our best to this cause to celebrate the mark.
Winners of Mobile Photography Contest ~ 2012
At SMC Assam, we are happy to announce the 3 winners under 3 different categories for our Mobile Photography Contest ~ 2012 as below:
1. Non-Slum Urban Life: Nabaneet Bora,
2. Slum Life: Sohini Roy,
3. Human Movement: Akif Sattar.
Our heartiest Congratulation to all the 3 Winners and Thanks to all of the participants.
SMCAssam presents "Mobile Photography Contest ~ 2012"
"Time to Get Creative with Your Cell Phone Camera"
SMC Assam, in its continuous endeavor of non-profit events ranging from 1st Assam Photo Walk to Earth Day Tree Plantation 2012 (in association with Regional Science Centre, Guwahati, Assam), is launching a Mobile Photography Contest 2012 starting this 19th August in accordance with the World Photography Day.
Mobile Photography Contest 2012 by SMC Assam is open to all Indian citizens. One can practically participate from anywhere. Just click pics with your cell phone camera and send us the entries at: email@example.com


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Losing the Moon
Patti Callahan Henry - Author
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Amy Reynolds is stunned when her first, great love suddenly reappears. A happily married mother of two, she wants nothing to do with him. But then-needing to know why he was ripped from her life without explanation-Amy becomes obsessed with the idea that maybe they really were meant to be together...Chapter One
Torn pieces of sunlight whispered through aged moss, landed on a shattered log. The sea pounded on an unseen shore just steps beyond the dense maritime forest. Each crest and retreat of the waves matched Amy Reynolds' heartbeat – a beat she once believed sure and steady, a heart cleansed of Nick Lowry. But he resided in the unseen – the syncopated space between each beat, the secret she didn't hear, but knew existed.
Amy sat on the sea-aged fallen log, rested her head atop her knees and waited. She was now ready to hear what he had to say. Or she believed she was ready.
"All this timeall of itI've been thinking of what to say to you. So many things to say to you." He touched her mouth, her bottom lip.
Her hands fluttered in the air, butterflies with nowhere to land.
He continued. "And now here you are and I can't find any of those words." He closed his eyes. "Here you are, and all I want to do is touch that space below your throat." He opened his eyes and gazed at her neckheat flared with the memory of his touch.
Her fingers landed gently on the hollow dent between her collarbones. His hand reached to cover hers.
"There. The place your silver cross used to lie, move every time you breathed."
"I lost it," Amy whispered.
"Lost what?" He gripped her hand.
"That cross… you."
He moaned, bowed his head in what Amy thought might be prayer or defeat.
And all this time Amy had thought her life as neatly tucked and smooth as the vintage linen sheets on her bed; but wrinkles and folds hid beneath the surface.
The flaws of her life were covered like the thick white paint over the dirt-brown color the previous owner had painted her historic home, in the drowsy southern town where she lived with her husband and children. She'd applied another coat, and then another, until she was unknowingly suffocating in the layers of pretense.
Then Nick touched her. Then she lost the moon and crawled on her hands and knees to find it again.
Nick Lowry entered Amy Reynolds' life again on a day seductive in its ordinariness, lazy in its soft family comfort.
Late autumn sun washed the parked sports utility vehicles, motor homes and Coleman grills in a honeyed afternoon light. The pungent smell of barbecue and grill smoke mingled with the earth-warm aroma of crushed leaves. Every few minutes a stray leaf fell in the stagnant air, released of its own volition, not forced by any breeze from an atmosphere so still and full Amy felt as if she bathed in it rather than moved through it.
Through the afternoon Amy's limbs felt weighted and luxurious. Days like thesetepid fall days at Saxton Universitybrought to her heart the same impression every year: a longing, an odd misplaced sense of loss, yet also of promise. So it was a universal set-up: her heart already languid and expectant.
Amy stood with her husband Phil on the same tailgating patch of grass they had for twenty-three years of home football games: a tradition of cheeseburgers, cold beer, potato salad, Chardonnay and old friends. Today was the day they would meet their son Jack's first serious girlfriend. Jack spoke little of this girlfriend and yet he talked more of her than anyone he'd dated. Amy only knew her first nameLisbethand she thought the name presumptuous, uppity, as if the girl had named herself at birth.
On the two-hour drive to Saxton University from their small hometown of Darby, in south Georgia, Amy had leaned her head back on the headrest of the car, fought her never-ending battle with car sickness, held Phil's hand and mumbled, "What kind of name is Lisbeth?"
"I think it's German…maybe a form of Elizabeth."
"It sounds kinda snobby, don't you think?" "Ame, let's not judge her before we meet her."
"You're right….you're right. I'm defensive already. Sorry. Jack is just so…special, so different, so much more…mature than other--"
"You wouldn't be a little prejudiced, now would you?" Phil squeezed her handplayful, yet understanding her complete love for their son. It was the same way she loved her entire family, husband, son and daughterher love a transforming filter to any average quality.
Phil pulled her hand to his mouth and kissed the back of it. "I agree with you, sweetie, but I'm also sure Jack's sound judgment of people has prevailed here. I can't wait to meet the girl who has finally stolen his heart."
Amy opened her eyes and glared at Phil. "She didn't steal anything yet."
"Ah, you didn't hear him on the phone."
Amy scrunched her nose at her husband. Phil was right. She was prejudging this girl whose last name she didn't even know. "Well, I wish we could've come last night. Her parents were here and they wanted us to go out to dinner."
"There was no way I could miss yesterday evening's meeting, Amy. We've been over this."
"I know. I know. Doesn't mean I don't wish you could've. Who works till eight o'clock on a Friday night?"
"My boss, and therefore me." Phil tightened his face the way he did when he felt she was questioning his work ethic. Raised in a strict home where work and obligation were the gods to bow to, he didn't understand her more laid-back, skip-work-for-family approach. Now was not the time to get into it.
"Well," she said, "my committee seems to be making progress. We did have one hour out on the island. An hour's better than nothing."
"That's great, honey, great." Phil flipped the AM channels; static from the radio filled the car, increasing her frustration. "I can't find the game channel. We should be able to get it by now."
Phil wasn't interested in her work the same way she wasn't interested in his job as a stockbroker, in the columns of straight numbers and ragged heartbeat lines of the stock market. But at least she listened. The island project she was working on through her teaching job at the Savannah College of Art and Design was an opportunity for her to make a difference in architectural preservation, and she felt Phil thought of it as one more little hobbyno different from the scrapbooks she constructed for the kids.
She rubbed her forehead; she wouldn't let anything ruin the day they'd meet their son's first real love.
Phil found the sports announcer's voice rattling off the football stats and predictions of the day on the AM dial. He circled the coliseum until they spotted Amy's best friend Carol Anne waving her arms and pointing to the parking spot she'd saved for them. After two hours in the car, Amy was thrilled to jump out the passenger side and hug Carol Anne.
"We're finally here." Amy stretched and inhaled the fresh air.
"I had to fight at least thirty red-faced SUV drivers to keep your parking spot. You owe me big."
Amy laughed and began to unload the packed coolers of food, grateful as her nausea shifted to a dull headache. She scanned the tailgating throng for Jack.
"Who're you looking for?" Carol Anne craned her neck above Amy's head.
"Jack. He has some new girlfriend he wants us to meet…and her parents."
"Ooh. Sounds serious."
Amy looked at the woman who'd been her best friend since first grade; her hair was still the color of fresh honey, her brown eyes still playful and alerttaking everything in. Today she wore a pair of jeans that Amy's seventeen-year-old daughter could fit into and an orange T-shirt with Saxton University stamped across the top in block letters.
"God, Carol Anne, you look like one of the students. Go away." Amy made a shooing gesture with her hand, laughed.
"And you don't?"
"No, I definitely do not."
Amy stood up on her toes, attempted to look above the crowd for Jack. She spotted him walking through the maze of cars, grills and tangled knots of alumni bartering for tickets to the ultimate rival football game. His arm stretched behind him as he pulled a dark-haired girl through the throng. Amy didn't call out; she didn't want to embarrass him. She waved her arms back and forth so he could spot them.
She turned to Phil, who was grabbing blankets and chairs from the back seat. "Here comes Jack."
"Great." Phil's smile widened; he placed a folding chair on the grass, and walked over to stand next to her.
Carol Anne grabbed Amy's wrist. "I'll let you say hello to your son. I'll be right back."
Amy spoke through a pasted-on smile. "He's holding her hand."
Jack had always made time in his college social calendar to stop by with a friend or two, but never, in three years, had he arrived holding a girl's hand.
"Amy, stop." Phil patted her denim-covered bottom.
Jack arrived at her side, hugged her. The warmth and firmness of her son washed over her in tenderness. She'd never asked, but she often wondered if other mothers wanted to weep with pure joy each time they hugged their grown-up children.
"Hi, Mom." Jack kissed her on the side of her face. He always did. "I want you to meet Lisbeth."
"Hello." Amy spoke to the small girl who stared only at Jack.
"Lisbeth, this is my mom."
Lisbeth looked at Amy and smiled. Her blue eyes were so clear they seemed almost see-through. Eyes like this in a girl with pale skin and chestnut curls cascading down her shoulders startled Amy. Lisbeth looked like a picture of an Irish imp – not the German Lisbeth she'd imagined.
Lisbeth spoke with the soft shawl of Jack's arm flung over her shoulders. "Nice to meet you, ma'am." Lisbeth blinked. Amy did not. Something about Lisbeth's jaw caused Amy to feel as though she needed to reach out to touch it.
Jack turned to his father. "And this is my dad, Phil."
Phil held out his hand. "Nice to finally meet you."
"You too, sir." Lisbeth shook Phil's hand.
Amy stared at Lisbeth's face: familiar and unfamiliar, nagging. Lisbeth turned, blushed under Amy's stare. "My parents are on their way, if you don't mind. I tried to explain where you were."
"Well, you keep an eye out for them. I'm sorry we couldn't make it to dinner last night, but we'd love to meet them. We have plenty of food." Amy reached for Phil's hand. "We'll unload the car."
She turned from her son and his new love; she somehow felt young, their age. It was easy to do on a fall day with gold leaves crackling under her feet, old friends surrounding her on the university campus.
Phil carried the chairs to the other side of the lawn, and before Amy could finish unloading the cooler, Jack called to her.
"Mom, come meet Lisbeth's parents."
Amy turned. Lisbeth's father moved into her field of vision. She tried to speak, but the autumn air gripped her voice in a tight, portent fist.
The man hugged Lisbeth. "Lizzy, darlin', I thought we'd never find you." He kissed the tip of her nose.
Amy stared at this man, at Lisbeth's father. He was tall, at least six foot three, tree-trunk solid with hair the color of the burnished leaves under her feet; a scar dented his lower chin. The scar: a slice of open flesh as a beer bottle slit his chin after a barroom brawlsomething about whose turn it was at the pool table. Amy reached for the side of her SUV and missed.
Lisbeth giggled and Amy heard it through a long, echoing tunnel. "Daddy, come meet Mrs. Reynolds. Amy, right?"
"Yes...yes." Amy glanced behind Jack for Phil. He was across the lawn with his back turned.
She smelled noises, heard smells; her senses moved and crowded each other for attention, mixed up with their true function as the air wavered with an actual and measurable width. A slow tingle of recognition began as an electric pulse in her stomach, her inner thighs; memory only in body, not yet mind.
"This is my dad, Nick Lowry."
The air separated; Nick reached out his hand to Amy, as if he'd not just risen from the grave of the past, the coffin of dead promises. He looked at her. His grin broke open to the wide and recognizable face of her Nick Lowry. She held out her hand to greet her old lover as mind's memory met visceral memory with the internal sound of grinding bone.
His face was wider, thicker on the bottom, the jaw softened, but it was his. Those brown eyes were still like liquid copper in his face. He didn't look surprisedhe must have known she'd be here.
"Well, hello, Mrs. Amy Reynolds."
"Hello," is all Amy managed to utter. She smiled, grasped Nick's outstretched hand, amazed at her good manners while the world swam sideways.
"What a coincidence this is…what a"
Nick's wife interrupted as she appeared from behind a van, tucking her blond hair behind her ear. "Yoo-hoo. Well, hello there, Reynolds family. I have just heard so much about you." She stepped up to Nick and ran her hand down his bare arm, held the other hand out to Amy. "Hi, I'm Eliza Lowry."
"Oh." Amy shook Eliza's hand.
Eliza looked up at Nick, then back at Amy. "And you are Amy Reynolds? Mother of the adorable Jack Reynolds?"
"Yes. Um, yes."
"Well, nice to meet you," Eliza said.
Phil appeared at Amy's side; she reached for him, grasped him like a life preserver. Phil held out his hand and introduced himself to Nick and Eliza. Eliza gave a curtsy. The ground seemed to dissolve; Amy felt wide, rising.
Eliza wrapped Phil's hand in both of hers. "It's nice to meet you." She tilted her neck a little more to the side, her smile widening just a tad as she swung her hair behind her shoulders.
A stray yellow leaf threaded with red fell into Phil's hair. Amy plucked it from his head – ordinary motions an antidote to the unexpected.
She glanced at Jack and Lisbeth standing next to Eliza, searched for something, anything to say to Nick and his wife – but she only found a gray swirling space as her mouth opened and closed. God, this woman, Eliza, must think her a mute fool, just standing there with an open fish-mouth.
"Aren't these football games fun?" Eliza said.
"Especially when they're having a winning season," Phil answered, squeezing Amy's elbow.
"Yeah, the last time Saxton won the national championship was when Nick was here." Eliza giggled. "We won't say what year that was."
Jack laughed. "Jeez, that was like, what? Thirty years ago?"
"Oh, thanks for the reminder." Eliza tickled the side of Jack's arm. Amy wanted to slap her hand away.
Amy looked up at her son. "No, more like twenty-five years ago."
Eliza then turned to her daughter, pulled her away from Jack and began to attempt to smooth down her curls while talking to her.
Phil looked at Amy with large eyes, with furrowed forehead. Everything about Phil looked eager, even when it wasn't. His smooth skin, without freckle or mole, gave the appearance of everlasting youthsoft mouth, wet eyes and rounded eyebrows creating an anticipatory look. Amy had appreciated this when he first came to herhis softness a place to finally lay her wounded self. She brushed his hair back from his eyes, his blond hair always falling in the wrong places.
"Did y'all know each other at school?" Phil said.
"Sure…" Nick answered.
"A long time ago," Amy said, reaching for Phil's arm.
Nick laughed and smiled at Amy. "Yes, a very long time ago."
Nick possessed the same goofy "I'm uncomfortable–but-aren't–I–hiding-it-great" grin that moved across his face in waves, waves she'd ridden…before. She smiledcertain she showed nothing of what cracked within her.
"So how have you been all these years?" She found she was speaking.
"I've been fine, just fine. And you?"
"Perfect, thanks," she said.
Phil tilted his head and rubbed at a spot between his eyes, at the top of his nosesomething he did when he was confused.
Eliza turned her attention back to the group. "So, Reynolds family, where do y'all live?"
"Darby," Phil said. "And you?"
"We lived up north in Maine for way, way too long, but we moved back to Garvey about eight years ago. That's where I'm from–grew up there. You know there's just no place like home." Eliza sighed–a long, exhausted sigh as if the journey of her life had finally led her to a place of rest.
"Oh, how nice…how very nice…that you and Nick are…home," Amy said. Eight years ago. Nick Lowry had been living less than two hours away from her for eight years. As Carol Anne might have said if she were standing there, Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
"Of course, Nick still doesn't think of Garvey as home. But he will. He will. It does grow on one." Eliza grabbed Nick's hand.
"Like a bad fungus," Nick joked.
They all laughed, too loudly. Obviously Nick still had the gift: to alleviate tense moments with sarcasm. The memories began with his scar then his sarcasm and Amy fell toward a well-packed storehouse of images she'd never planned on looking at again. Ever.
She excused herself and, without feeling the solid ground, walked through the tailgating crowd over to Carol Anne.
Carol Anne was not only Amy's childhood friend and college roommate, but often her source of sanity. She'd also married a hometown boy and they lived two blocks away from each othermore proof of the comfortable ease of Amy's life. She didn't want or need any change or surprise right now. She collapsed next to Carol Anne in a green canvas chair with a huge H.U. logo embroidered on its back.
She stared straight ahead and mumbled, "Oh, God."
"No, it's me, your dearest and best friend. Don't get us confused." Carol Anne touched her shoulder. "Are you okay?"
"Look over at my car."
"Okay…I see your cute son, Jack, your adorable husband, Phil, and some cutesy girl with her parents." She glanced at Amy. "Okay, so Jack has his first serious girlfriend. You will live through this."
"Look! Look at the man. Look."
Silence from Carol Anne was a rare event worthy of comment, but Amy had none. Carol Anne took a sharp breath. "Oh, God. No."
"I thought he…disappeared–you know, after Costa Rica–shit, twenty-five years ago."
"So did I."
"Who's that? Who's his wife?"
"I don't knowEliza. I've never met her. She didn't go to school here. Says she's from Garvey."
Carol Anne snorted. "Okay…"
"My sonmy son is dating his daughter."
"This cannot be good."
"I want to go home."
Carol Anne groaned. "Me, too."
Q. What inspired you to write this novel?
A. I wanted to portray the multiplicity of ways in which desire effects even the most settled lifehow desire can reveal to someone who they really are, and shine a light on aspects of their character that they have been ignoring. As often happens when a writer tackles a vague idea, I began to ask "what if?" What if your son or daughter began to date your first lover's son or daughter? What if there were unresolved issues that echoed during the years when you and your first love didn't see each other?
The endless complications and multifaceted dimensions of love and desire fascinate methe promises these feelings prompt us to make. I have been married for thirteen years and dated my husband for four years before getting married. The richer connection that grows in a stable marriage is often different from the relationship one has with a first love. I didn't begin to date my husband until after college so he was not my first 'boyfriend' and although my husband is nothing like either Phil or Nick in LOSING THE MOON, I wanted to portray two entirely different types of love: first love, with its intense emotions; and marital love, with its subtler, potentially deeper rewards.
Q. LOSING THE MOON is your first novel. Can you tell us something about how you became a writer, and what led to this publication?
A. My first novelactually a memoir--was called "My Life" and was never published. I wrote it when I was twelve years old. Although I've been writing ever since then, professionally I pursued a medical careerI am a nurse with a Master's degree in Pediatrics.
Four years ago, I finally understood that writing is all I've ever really wanted to do. When I knew I had no choicethat writing was a necessary part of who I wasI pursued it as seriously as I did my master's degree. It became essential that I take classes, read books on writing, and actually write every day.
Writing and selling this novel required an incredible belief in myself, along with persistence, courage, faith, serendipity, and a willingness to study the craft of writing. The catalyst for each step of the journey was the decisionthe commitment to write. For more on my writing and publication history, visit www.patticallahanhenry.
Q. The setting of LOSING THE MOON, Georgia's Lowcountry, plays an important role in shaping the story and its characters. Why did you decide to set the novel there, and what about that part of the country particularly inspired you?
A. The moss-draped Lowcountry is where my heart truly resides, where I feel the most alive--as if I can hear the earth's heartbeat. I believe people have a landscape or geography that speaks most clearly to their spirit. I grew up spending summers on the craggy coast of Cape Cod and maybe that's where the sea and marsh began their call to me.
I consider the Lowcountry setting to be as essential a character in the novel as the people who occupy it. I chose the Lowcountry for Amy and Nick because it is seductivelush, overgrown, frivolous, passionate, mystical, and dangerous, just like Nick and Amy's relationship. My intention was to use the setting to both bring them together and to echo their dilemma.
Q. The idea of a former lover who reenters a woman's life in her middle years seems to have enormous appeal to women. Judging from your own experiences, and those of your friends and family, why do you think that is?
A. A woman's middle years seem to be a time for reevaluating life. How did I get here? Do I want to be here? Have I made the right decisions? This is when questions rise to the surface, when the exhaustion of raising young children may have worn off and women revisit their life goals. Memories of a past love, and the feelings associated with it, may also return when times are hard or when life seems emptier than one expectedone may then imagine the "road not taken."
Often (not always, by any means), memories of a first love carry a strong sense of possibility and passion. Memories of these feelingsthe pungent, almost innocent and intense emotions of first loveseem easier, simpler than the complicated emotions involved in committed or broken relationships. Of course this is just an illusion, but first love seems to carry a certain longing and reminds some women of a time when love wasn't so much an act of will, but of pure, raw sensation.
Q. At the beginning of the book you quote a passage from C. S. Lewis's The Screwtape Letters. Why did you choose that particular sentence? How does it relate to the book, and what personal meaning does it have for you?
A. C.S. Lewis (1898-1963), a scholar and teacher at both Oxford and Cambridge Universities who is best known for his Narnia Chronicles for children, was an atheist for most of his early life and converted to Christianity in 1931.
A talented debater and writer, Lewis published many works on a wide variety of topicsbut the subjects that most interest me, especially as a writer, revolve around his exploration of human longing and the search for meaning. His writing has inspired me since I read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe as a child. The Screwtape Letters offers profound insights into human nature.
The quote I chose echoes the theme of Amy and Nick's story. When the novel opens, both of them have become deadened to their feelings about their lives, marriages,
and goals. First, they need to feel again. Seeing each other is the catalyst that raises "them to a level of awareness where mortal sin [becomes] possible." But the sin is only possiblethey must choose whether or not to act on the temptation. I believe it is most often a person, and the emotion that person evokes, that raises another person's awareness.
Amy and Nick have become "passively responsive" to their lives, marriages and circumstances. They've quietly accepted the way things are. Seeing each other, remembering what they felt for each other and what they meant to do and be in life, marks a new beginning and a major dilemma for them.
Q. LOSING THE MOON is told in the third person, using "she" and "he," from Amy and Nick's points of view. Yet as a reader I feel as if I am right inside their heads, almost as if the book were told from the first person "I" point of view. Can you tell us why you chose to use third person, which sometimes creates more distance between the author and the reader, and how you keep the reader so in touch with Amy's and Nick's thoughts and emotions?
A. I originally wrote this story in the first person from Amy's point of view until I realized how strong Nick's story and motivations were. When he stepped (or in the case of Nick, strode) onto the page, I understood the story must also be told from his point of
view. The novel then moved into the third person in the next draft. There went my original idea that I just had to write the novel once, and it would be ready for publication!
The third person point of view can create some distance, but in this case I worked hard to not just narrate the events but also convey Nick and Amy's unique emotional perspectives. Amy's "voice" as well as her perspective are completely different from Nick's voice and his perspective on the same events.
Memory and desire are the key ingredients in this story. The reader must be able to feel Amy and Nick's longing and understand their reasoning to become fully engaged in the story. I wrote each scene asking what each feltwhat the particular place, action, interaction meant to each of them.
Q. You're a wife and the mother of three small children. How do you manage your hectic schedule and still find time to write?
A. Ah, the bottom line is that I don't find the time, I make the time. Right now I am typing downstairs early in the morning while my three children are asleep upstairs. I have about fifteen minutes before I must wake them for school.
Although writing has always been a constant desire, the commitment came to me four years ago. We tend to fill our lives with so much "to do" that we forget "to be." And part of writing involves allowing the "being." I had to reassess my commitments and
obligations, then let go of certain activities to allow room to write. But I felt I had no choicethe writing was too important.
Most days I rise before the sun to write. I also carve out specific times during the day. I believe this is very hard for all writersespecially when they are unpublished. Making and committing time is difficult in the blazing glare of the critical world with its demand to know exactly what you are doing with your time.
I've made a commitment that I believe in and I do it even when I don't feel like it. That said…achieving balance is a battle I win some days and lose many days. But writing is a joy and a journey. When I get it all just right, I'll let you know.
Q. What did you hope to achieve in writing this novel? What did you want to convey most strongly to readers? Do you feel you succeeded?
A. I hoped to write a story that would accomplish several things: touch the heart, maybe inspire a few people to consider what they most long for, and finally, to entertain and spark some interesting discussion.
I attempted to show that we all have places or people in our lives thatif only for a momentmake us feel like the people we were always meant to be. Often people abandon their dreams until someone or something comes along and awakens them. Then
the question becomescan the person, place or thing who awakened our desire satisfy it,
or are they only a reminder of what we really want, who we really are? Each person will
have his own answer to this question. I only give you, the reader, Nick's and Amy's answers. Only you, the reader, can tell me if I've succeeded in all I set out to do when I wrote LOSING THE MOON.
Q. What writers are particular favorites of yours and how have they inspired you? What are you working on now?
A. As I mentioned before, my avid reading began in childhood with C. S. Lewis and The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and E. B. White's Charlotte's Web. As a teenager, I read Margaret Mitchell's Gone With The Wind. Madeline L'Engle, Anne Lamott, and Julia Cameron have deeply influenced my view of the art of writing. These days, I adore the wit and wisdom of Deborah Smith and Dorothea Benton Frank. I admire the imagery of Elizabeth Berg and Anita Shreve.
The lyrical prose, deep emotion, and excellent craftsmanship of novels by Anne Rivers Siddons and Pat Conroy amaze me. These writers somehow know how to take the deeper places of hurt and transform them into poetry. I don't believe there is anything they've published that I haven't read. That Deborah Smith has compared my work to theirs leaves me speechless.
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BALL STATE FOOTBALL SEASON PREVIEW: Over the course of the past several years, the Ball State Cardinals have experienced a series of ups and downs, and their 2011 campaign that ended with a 6-6 record certainly illustrated that fact. After opening the season on a high note with a win over Indiana, the Cardinals couldn't sustain their success and finished fourth in the West division of the Mid-Atlantic Conference (MAC). Head coach Pete Lembo has high hopes for his second year on the job and expects that a more experienced roster will prove the difference in a conference that seems to be getting stronger each year. If the Cardinals are going to achieve MAC supremacy, it will come on the arm of quarterback Keith Wenning, who posted an impressive 19 touchdowns in his sophomore year. He will rely on the steadying presence of freshman sensation Jahwan Edwards, who rushed for 11 touchdowns and nearly 800 yards in his first year. Wenning's top two targets from the 2011 season, Jamill Smith and Jack Tomlinson, should also provide continuity for the offense as a whole. The offensive line also looks to be the strength of the unit, with a series of upperclassmen manning each one of the starting spots, which should help the offense get off to a fast start in the coming year. The Cardinals fielded one of the more underwhelming defenses of the 2011 season, but the unit should be much improved heading into next year. The coaching staff has high hopes for Jonathan Newsome, a transfer from Ohio State, as well as Brandon Newman, who will man one of the starting defensive tackle spots. In the linebacking corps, Travis Freeman leads a strong group of players, and his impressive 134 tackles from a year ago makes him one of the biggest contributors on the squad. The secondary should see strong play from cornerback starters Jeff Garrett and Jason Pinkston, but the safety spots may be a question mark as two underclassmen will step into starting roles. While the Cardinals look good heading into the 2012 season, their schedule is one of the toughest in the MAC. After opening up against Eastern Michigan, the Cardinals will have to travel to Clemson in a Week 2 showdown, as well as huge games against South Florida, Northern Illinois and Central Michigan. There certainly aren't any gimmes on Ball State's schedule, but the Cardinals have the potential to prove that they're better than their 2011 record and make some noise in the MAC.
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It is not that noticeable for people. It is not like it is everywhere. People tend to hide it.
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There is many "new" and "different" things to choose from. But their is all the chain restaurants.
All the professors truly care about you as a student and furthering your education.
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The tourist-friendly Caminito is definitely the most colorful area of La Boca. The cheap corrugated metal constructions of the Caminito are elevated to artistic prominence by boldly painted surfaces. The simple shacks feature a patchwork of cool tropical colors; it is almost hard to believe that people actually live in these modules. In this "outdoor museum", artists showcase their wares for sale, while performers entertain families in a small open amphitheater. There are plenty of souvenir stores to spend your pesos in as well. At a nearby corner across from the Parque Lezama, there is an amusing fake-façade sculpture that parodies the metal shacks of the Caminito, with cartoonish people sticking their heads out of imaginary windows.
The Caminito is about a two-mile hike from the closest Subte station. It is very close to the mouth (or Boca) of the sludgy Rio de la Plata, part of which is paralleled by a wide promenade. Locals cross the river via the rustic Puente Avellaneda (one has to take an elevator up one side, walk across the top pathway, and then head down the other side). They can also cross the river via little boats for a small fee.
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Riot Games today announced League of Legends, a PC game based on the popular Warcraft 3 multiplayer mod Defense of the Ancients.
Riot was co-founded by original DotA Allstars co-creator Guinsoo, and the team reportedly includes other DotA veterans. As such, League of Legends is staying true to the DotA formula, where players level up a single avatar amongst a giant battle of smaller armies. Dozens of Summoners--the player-controlled avatars--are planned to be available at launch.
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Frank Giroud is one of the most successful writers of contemporary French comics. Although he won a writing contest at age 10, Frank Giroud was pressed by his partents to choose a "real" profession. So Frank Giroud became a history teacher, but not for long. He started writing again in the late 1970s, combining his historical knowledge with his passion. His first credits include the collections 'La Découverte du Monde en Bandes Dessinées' and 'L'Histoire du Far West', for which he wrote short stories for artists such as Alarico Gattia, José de Huescar, Pierre Frisano, José Bielsa and Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri.
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Frank Giroud reached a larger audience in the 1980s, when he started the series 'Luis la Guigne' with Jean-Paul Dethorey. From now on, Giroud expanded his activities, starting series like 'Chaman' with Ab'Aigre, 'Les Patriotes' with Fabien Lacaf, 'Missouri' with Daniel de Carpentrie, 'Jackson' with Marc-Renier. For Lax he started writing political thrillers, in which he heavily critisized the French soldiers in France's former colonies. These albums, 'Les Oubliées d'Annam', 'La Fille aux Ibis' and 'Azrayen' were published in the prestigious Aire Libre collection.
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